Shipping Container from Australia
With the invaluable help of C&H Freight we were able to ship donated classroom furniture, books and clothing to Molelle.
Rea Thusa Australia ABN 36 558 788 040 Lesotho is in Southern Africa. It is a very poor nation of 2 million surrounded by South Africa. The young people of Lesotho are trapped in poverty. About one in three are orphans.
Rea Thusa was set up because something had to be done. The problems are immense but even modest donations can make a real difference.
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Even with a much richer neighbour (South Africa) on the other side of the Caledon River, Lesotho has a multitude of problems:
We focus on removing the barriers to education, ensuring that children in abject poverty have a have a future filled with hope and opportunity.
We provide food, blankets, shoes and clothing.
We fund children to complete secondary school.
We provide training for teachers, classroom furniture, stationery, books and teaching resources.
With the invaluable help of C&H Freight we were able to ship donated classroom furniture, books and clothing to Molelle.
The children at Kunyung Primary School made mosaics for the new classrooms and donated unused stationery.
Thanks to the Caritas ladies at Mt Eliza Anglican Church who knitted blankets, beanies, scarves and gloves for winter.
We are looking for twenty more sponsors urgently. It only costs A$25 per month to sponsor a child through secondary school.
There are more children in need than we have funds to support.
In January we will provide teacher training and teaching materials for 14 schools.
It is through the generosity of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Foundation providing the required funding that we were able to build a new school at Molelle.
It is also with thanks to the kindness of the staff at ACER that we were able to establish the student sponsorship program.
Fencing was paid for by the President and Vice-President of Rea Thusa.
These are some of the children sponsored by staff at the Australian Council for Educational Research
These girls are being sponsored by ACER staff so they can complete secondary school.
ACER donated 10 tonnes of new books from their 'Action Literacy and Numeracy' series.
The Australian Council for Educational Research Foundation funded the construction of a new school.
High altitude means Lesotho gets very cold. Here children are receiving shoes and blankets.
We provide basic teaching resources like clocks, rulers, maps and books.
Pam Munro-Smith
nigelmunrosmith@reathusa.org.au
Thabang Phohlo
